CINCINNATI — On a night when the fireworks were aplenty for the Mets, it was Brandon Nimmo who provided the first — and biggest — sparks.
They beat the Reds, 7-4, for their 50th win of the season on Monday night behind Nimmo’s big game: 2-for-4 with a three-run home run, a walk and a 12-pitch at-bat that ended with a lineout but included four consecutive fouls of 100-mph fastballs.
Most of his plate appearances were either outright productive or otherwise instructive. He began the game with a single, rocketing a ground ball 107 mph to rightfield, illustrating that Reds rookie righthander Hunter Greene was very hittable despite his triple-digit fastball. When he batted again in the second, Nimmo crushed a three-run home run to right-center for the first runs of the game. His marathon at-bat came in the fifth, with Greene ramping up his four-seamer to a maximum of 100.6, eventually getting Nimmo on a slider. Francisco Lindor’s go-ahead homer came moments later.
